INZER, Justice.
This is an appeal by Martha Wood, Jon Thames, and Robert J. Kelly from a conviction of criminal contempt in the Circuit Court of Grenada County. The principal question to be decided is whether misrepresentations and disrespectful language contained in a bill of exceptions constitute direct contempt of court. We hold that it does not and that the contempt, if any, is constructive contempt.
Appellants are members of the bar and they were summarily...
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